Fastener.



No. 665,253. Patented Ian. I, I901. S. MUHLHAUSEB.

FAST E N E R.

(Application filed Juno 4, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,253, dated January 1, 1901.

Application filed ilune 4, 1900- Serial No. 19,058. .No model) To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SIGMUND MUHLHAUSER, a resident of Cleveland, county of Ouyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,' clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fasteners for securing together two curtains or similar objects or two parts of a garment, blanket, (to.

The object of this invention is to provide a loop-and button fastener that is especially well adapted for the closing of the placket of a petticoa-t or skirt and that is not liable to be rendered inoperative by a lateral force or strain tending to open or pull apart the placket, but which is rendered inoperative by pulling the placket-forming parts of the skirt apart and downwardly simultaneously.

With this objectin view, and to the end of providing a fastener of the character indicated that can be readily applied and that is exceedingly convenient in its use and operation, the invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure Iis a side elevation of a fastener embodying the invention and shows the fastener in an operative position. Fig. II is a right-hand side elevation relative to Fig. I. Fig. III is a side elevation of the fastener and shows the two companion parts of the fastener separated. Fig. IV is an end elevation relative to Fig. III. Fig. V is an inner side elevation of the placket of a skirt and shows the placketforlning parts of the skirt closed together by the aforesaid fastener. Fig. V1 is an inner side elevation of a placket and shows the latter open.

A fastener embodying the invention that constitutes the subject-matter of this application comprises a loop and a cooperating double -headed button designed to be attached, respectively, to the different garment parts or objects that are to be secured together. The loop is composed of two tubeforming wire coils c c of suitable length and end pieces d d. The coils c c are arranged side by side parallel and close together. A pair of metallic sleeves e e, that are instrumental in forming opposite end portions of the loop, embrace the coils c c and are composed, preferably, of a single plate that constitutes an end piece d and that is formed into two sleeves by suitably bending the plate so as to embrace the difierent coils c and c, respectively-that is, each end piece (1 extends across the rear or inner sides of the coils c c and has opposite portions thereof bent around or partially around the different coils, respectively. The sleeves e 6, formed by each plate d, snugly but slidably embrace the coils, so that the coils and the sleeves can be adjusted endwise relative to each other, so as to lengthen or shorten the loop and so as to accommodate the formation of a loop having the length required or desired relative to the length of the two heads of the button that cooperates with the loop, and consequently forms the companion part of the fastener.

The coils care secured to the garment or object for which the fastener is adapted in any approved manner.

The double-headed button of the fastener has two tubular heads h and h, composed, respectively, of a wire coil of suitable length. The wire of the coils h and h at the ends of the coils is formed into inwardly and laterally extending arms g, that form the shank of the button, and the arms 9 of the outer ends of the coils hterminate, respectively, at their inner ends in a wire coil is, arranged parallel with the head-forming coils h. and in line and extending beyond the outer ends of the head-forming coils. The arms 9 of the inner ends of the coils h terminate at their inner ends in a coil 71., that is arranged in line with the coils 7c and forms a desirable con nection between the said arms. The coils k and n are secured in any approved manner to the garments portion, curtain, or other object in connection with which the buttonforming part of the fastener is adapted to be employed.

The formation of the sides of the loop by wire coils in the manner hereinbefore described renders the said sides elastic and flexible and accommodates the passage between them of the button-heads, and the loop-forming part and button-forming part of the fastener when hitched or fastened together by passing the button-heads between the coils of the loop can not be separated by any strain or force that has a tendency to pull the said parts in a lateral direction; but the flexibility of the parts will accommodate the pulling of the said parts apart laterally and longitudinally simultaneously, and the parts when they are thus pulled apart at one end will separate readily. The formation of the button-forming part of the fastener in the manner hereinbefore described renders the same capable of bending in every direction, and the .two coils 7t" and a, formed upon the inner ends of the shank-forming arms of the buttonheads, constitute suitable members for receiving cords or tape adapted to be stitched or sewed to the garment or object for which the fastener is adapted.

The double-headed construction of the hutton of the fastener hereinbefore described more especially facilitates the coupling and uncoupling of the two cooperating parts of the fastener. The fastener can be ad vantageously used in buttoning many kinds of garments or apparel-such, for instance, as skirts, horse-blankets, &c.-and is especially adapted for use in closing and fastening together opposite portions of the placket-forming part of a petticoat or skirt.

Figs. V and VI illustrate the placket of a skirt and a fastener consisting of a series of loops and a series of buttons formed in the manner hereinbefore described. Fig. VI shows the placket open, whereas in Fig. V the placket is shown closed. The loops of the series of loops are attached to one part Z of the placket, preferably by tape 23, that is passed through the coils c of the-loops and stitched or sewed to the said part Z, as at w. The buttons of the series of buttons are attached to the plackets opposite part on. All of the buttons of the series of buttons are formed of a single piece of wirethat is, the coils h, forming the heads of the buttons, the coils k and a, forming those portions of the buttons that are secured to the garment, and the arms 9, connecting the coils 7t and n with the heads, are composed of a single piece of wire, and tape 0 is passed through the coils 7t and n and sewed or stitched, as at s, to the garment. One coil is sufficient in connecting one button with an adjacent button of the series of buttons. The loops of the series of loops of the plackets fastener are all formed of two sections of coiled wire arranged parallel, side by side, and close together. Metallic sleeveforming pieces 01 are arranged at suitable intervals lengthwise of the loopforming coils, and one sleeve-forming piece is sufficient in the formation of the contiguous end portions of adjacent loops of the series of loops. The relative arrangement of the loops of the series of loops is of course such, relative to the arrangement of the buttons of the series of buttons, that the two heads of each button shall be arranged opposite to and capable of being passed through a single loop.

What I claim is 1. A fastener of the character indicated, comprising a loop having laterally flexible and elastic sides, and a button having a plurality of heads capable of entering the aforesaid loop, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A fastener of the character indicated, comprising a loop that is composed of two wire coils arranged longitudinally of each other and side by side, and a button having a plurality of heads com posed of a coiled wire and capable of being passed through the aforesaid loop, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A fastener of the character indicated, comprising a loop that is formed of two wire coils arranged side by side and connected together at the ends, and a button having two heads formed, respectively, of a tube-forming wire coil and having the head-forming coils arranged in line, substantially as set forth.

4. A fastener of the character indicated, comprising a loop having a laterally flexible and elastic side, and a button having a plurality of heads composed of coiled wire and capable of being passed through the aforesaid loop, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed by me at Cleveland, Ohio, this 16th day of October, 1899.

SIGMUN D MUHLHAUSER.

Witnesses:

C. H. DORER, A. H. PARRATT. 

